A: Have you reached Tom yet? (你聯絡上湯姆了嗎?)
B: I tried calling him on his cell phone, but it went straight to voice mail.
(我試過用手機聯絡他,但卻直接被轉到語音信箱。)如果沒有一開始的問句,也可以說 I tried to call him on his cell phone.
A: Maybe you should try sending him an e-mail. (也許你應該試試發電郵給他。)
例二:A: The remote (control) isn’t working. (遙控器不能用了。)此時就不該說 Have you tried to change the batteries?
B: Have you tried changing the batteries? (你試過更換電池了嗎?)
Answers:
1. to kill 2. kicking 3. reading 4. to read 5. talking